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The Chronicles of Solomon Stone, Chapter Three: Showdown at Murdermuerte!

Click the image above to head over to the Action Age for the entire 24-page first issue of Solomon Stone, plus the letter column, plus not one but TWO pin-ups by Doctor Who writer/Jersey Gods artist Dan McDaid plus a downloadable PDF and CBZ of the entire comic!

With this, the first full-length comic that I’ve made for myself is done–just in time for me to start hyping the next one–and as goofy as it might be, I feel a real sense of accomplishment. Obviously, I want to thank Matthew Allen Smith (who has the unlettered pages up on his DeviantArt page, in case you some how get tired of my genius prose) and Benjamin Birdie for making it happen, but a hearty thank you goes out to anybody who responded, twittered, facebooked or linked to it as well.

As I’m sure you’ll all agree, you have been part of the greatest comics reading experience of the new Willennium.

And for those of you who crave still more Action Age, I did a two-part interview with Lady Unpleasantries over at The International Society of Super-Villains that may just have a glimpse into the future of Sol and a few of my other projects.

When I was a kid, I once made an ass of myself in front of John Ostrander by kvetching about the scene in Legends where Batman throws a batarang behind his back, out a door and around the side of a house, where it flys up through a window and donkey-punches the Joker (and also by mistaking him for John Byrne [it was an awkward stage for me]).

I mention this because Solomon Stone is so frigging badass that he makes me want to be a better person, and atone for past misdeeds.

I am unable to judge this installment objectively owing to the fact that early on the phrase ‘piss on your chips’ was used, one of the best things anyone can say in any given situation and this skewed my judgement.

That said, I’m pretty sure Solomon’s final lines would have affected me just as much if even if I hadn’t already given him the benefit of being a chip-pisser (big thick chips too, like you get at the fish & chip shop)

I am unable to judge this installment objectively owing to the fact that early on the phrase ‘piss on your chips’ was used, one of the best things anyone can say in any given situation and this skewed my judgement.

I would be remiss if I didn’t admit that that line was one of Smithy’s contributions. He’s a treasure, that kid.